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Just venting really: I have been off work now fully for two weeks on workers comp due to a fall in the playground at work. Before this I was on partial duties, sitting, for 2 1/2 hours a day on my three and a half days a week postion at the school. I am feeling pretty awful b/c the pain in my back leg knee ankle sciatica and thorasic rotation had been giving me hell. Sciatica has improved and leg pain has too but the lesion on my stump is on go slow so I am in a whelchair to eleviate the pressure and let it heal.I think the chair has heightened the thorasic vert. problem and I can barely sleep.Since Sunday now.Had a osteo treatment yesterdaty which helped a bit. Can’t take the Codral forte anymore b/c my stomache just said no-more after 4-5 weeks of taking them. Now the palpitations have been going 24 hours a day for the last 10 days and a valium regime was put into place. That has helped a bit to take the edge off but the palps. are still coming thru. Last time I had that long lasting symptom was 88-89 when i had the full out breakdown and was finally diagnosed with ptsd and post partum and severe panic disorder and depression. I am scared. Maybe tomorrow the palps might go away. Helski
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Vent away. Sorry to hear you’re having a hard time. : ( kat "Helsk" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message
news:1001551432.199962@bigboy… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Just venting really: > I have been off work now fully for two weeks on workers comp due to a fall > in the playground at work. > Before this I was on partial duties, sitting, for 2 1/2 hours a day on my > three and a half days a week postion at the school. > I am feeling pretty awful b/c the pain in my back leg knee ankle sciatica > and thorasic rotation had been giving me hell. > Sciatica has improved and leg pain has too but the lesion on my stump is on > go slow so I am in a whelchair to eleviate the pressure and let it heal.I > think the chair has heightened the thorasic vert. problem and I can barely > sleep.Since Sunday now.Had a osteo treatment yesterdaty which helped a bit. > Can’t take the Codral forte anymore b/c my stomache just said no-more after > 4-5 weeks of taking them. > Now the palpitations have been going 24 hours a day for the last 10 days and > a valium regime was put into place. > That has helped a bit to take the edge off but the palps. are still coming > thru. > Last time I had that long lasting symptom was 88-89 when i had the full out > breakdown and was finally diagnosed with ptsd and post partum and severe > panic disorder and depression. > I am scared. > Maybe tomorrow the palps might go away. > Helski
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I know you have been in the sh*t yourself Kat. I always feel guilty b/c my problems come and go in intensity and frankly people just turn off and it gets too much. Thanks Kat.:-) helski
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vent away helskmeister – sorry that you’re having a rough time — RB A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say ‘How to Build a Boat.’ "Helsk" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message
news:1001567594.592370@bigboy… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know you have been in the sh*t yourself Kat. > I always feel guilty b/c my problems come and go in intensity and frankly > people just turn off and it gets too much. > Thanks Kat.:-) > helski
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I hope you don’t mind if I tag on here but your original message didn’t come through on my computer so I had to read it in Kat’s reply. I’m sorry everything is so rough right now, hang in there Helski, we’re all thinking about you and wishing we were there to lend you a hand. tiny dancer "Kat" <kathi…@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:tr59ofcbhkqrfd@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Vent away. Sorry to hear you’re having a hard time. : ( > kat > "Helsk" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message > news:1001551432.199962@bigboy… > > Just venting really: > > I have been off work now fully for two weeks on workers comp due to a fall > > in the playground at work. > > Before this I was on partial duties, sitting, for 2 1/2 hours a day on my > > three and a half days a week postion at the school. > > I am feeling pretty awful b/c the pain in my back leg knee ankle sciatica > > and thorasic rotation had been giving me hell. > > Sciatica has improved and leg pain has too but the lesion on my stump is > on > > go slow so I am in a whelchair to eleviate the pressure and let it heal.I > > think the chair has heightened the thorasic vert. problem and I can barely > > sleep.Since Sunday now.Had a osteo treatment yesterdaty which helped a > bit. > > Can’t take the Codral forte anymore b/c my stomache just said no-more > after > > 4-5 weeks of taking them. > > Now the palpitations have been going 24 hours a day for the last 10 days > and > > a valium regime was put into place. > > That has helped a bit to take the edge off but the palps. are still coming > > thru. > > Last time I had that long lasting symptom was 88-89 when i had the full > out > > breakdown and was finally diagnosed with ptsd and post partum and severe > > panic disorder and depression. > > I am scared. > > Maybe tomorrow the palps might go away. > > Helski
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Thankyou Tiny.Nice of you to say thatt. I am on the way to the doc. Who knows what he can do.:-( A high: Actually some of my colleagues( the nice ones I can trust) brought afternoon tea over to my house yesterday which was lovely of them. Helski
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Helski….I feel your pain (and not in a Bill Clinton sort of smarmy way) Chronic pain, when its aggravated is just too much. Its as if the daily stuff ain’t bad enough that the flareups make me lose it. Add pain with PTSD and you end up with a huge challenge. I couldn’t handle the challenge of work and I’m so glad that I have the ability to school my kiddo. If I weren’t doing that I’m afraid I’d be in a bad spot. Your feelings about wanting to DO something are so normal…I feel that way too. Restrictions from pain, anxiety or depression just piss me off though. I hope that your situation changes very soon and you are feeling more equilibrium immediately =) Kristine If natural energy and impulses are too severely suppressed for too long, they become violent. It’s natural for something that’s been held under pressure to become violent in its release…Jim Morrison
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Kristine, .>>I hope that your situation changes very soon and you are feeling more equilibrium immediately =) Well said about wanting to DO something.You hit it on the head. I wish the same about your situation as in feeling an equilibrium. I often think about you and how scared must be and how hard it would be to focus. I had heart tests yet again today and they are yet again clear. So i am having to take a larger dose( 10mg—-bloody big for me) of valium for three days to try and knock the palps.on the head.Yuk but I will do it. helski
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Hi Helsk! > I had heart tests yet again today and they are yet again clear. > So i am having to take a larger dose( 10mg—-bloody big for me) of valium > for three days to try and knock the palps.on the head.Yuk but I will do
it. I think that anything to cut down on our biofeedback, automatic responses is a ‘good thing’ when these automatic, involuntary responses from our bodies won’t stop of their own accord. At the very least, in 3 days time your MD will be able to see your physical response to this medication and get a handle on how to fix you up properly for the long term. I am glad that you are taking care of yourself! Smile and there will be something to smile about! Nancy
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I know Nancy and thankyou. I am resistant to drugs as you prob. know and that is because I am very drug sensitive. My brain is easily tilted.LOL!!!!!Not really funny at all why did I do that……flippant today is my excuse. Anyhoo what you say is true we hopefully will be able to say it’s all that dumb adrenaline and cortisol going rats around my body again after the three days and then even I will be convinced that I won’t die then and here( which I know but it is hard to keep telling myself when I am palpitating 24/7. :-( ) Helski
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Initially I thought this group was for ptsd counsellors but I have since realised that it is for people with (not suffering from) but with PTSD. Helski, I don’t know why you have these symptoms, I only hope that you are also using other strategies to control stressfull situation besides taking valium etc. Medications are a quick fix effect and I urge you to seek out some relaxation therepies etc to "suppliment" the medication. Also, have you tried taking the pain medication after meals to alleviate the adverse symptoms you are getting from taking them? Shane "Helsk" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message
news:1001551432.199962@bigboy… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Just venting really: > I have been off work now fully for two weeks on workers comp due to a fall > in the playground at work. > Before this I was on partial duties, sitting, for 2 1/2 hours a day on my > three and a half days a week postion at the school. > I am feeling pretty awful b/c the pain in my back leg knee ankle sciatica > and thorasic rotation had been giving me hell. > Sciatica has improved and leg pain has too but the lesion on my stump is on > go slow so I am in a whelchair to eleviate the pressure and let it heal.I > think the chair has heightened the thorasic vert. problem and I can barely > sleep.Since Sunday now.Had a osteo treatment yesterdaty which helped a bit. > Can’t take the Codral forte anymore b/c my stomache just said no-more after > 4-5 weeks of taking them. > Now the palpitations have been going 24 hours a day for the last 10 days and > a valium regime was put into place. > That has helped a bit to take the edge off but the palps. are still coming > thru. > Last time I had that long lasting symptom was 88-89 when i had the full out > breakdown and was finally diagnosed with ptsd and post partum and severe > panic disorder and depression. > I am scared. > Maybe tomorrow the palps might go away. > Helski
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Hey Shane… > I have since realised that it is for people with (not suffering from) but
with PTSD.> I’m a little confused, but if I read it right, you are saying that you thought it was a board for PTSD counselors but you now realize it is for people with PTSD. Right? Okay, proceeding on that assumption I’d like to kindly ask you if you have PTSD, and if you do not, please realize that most of us have a support system (psychiatrist and/or therapist) in place. I don’t know if you are a professional, but there is a FAQ page for this newsgroup that asks people who are professionals to, essentially, leave us alone. I don’t have the link, maybe Rick can add it. Shane, if you have PTSD then this is a great place. If you don’t have PTSD then a lot of us really don’t like it when someone says things like "medications are a quck fix effect" to us because you’re a stranger. Please realize this isn’t meant to be attacking; however there is a strong sentiment on the group for semi-pros and ot "observers" to keep their advice to themselves. I guess your words suggesting taking pain meds w/meals aren’t as inflammatory as the "quick fix" determination you said in your post. Thanks, Kristine If natural energy and impulses are too severely suppressed for too long, they become violent. It’s natural for something that’s been held under pressure to become violent in its release…Jim Morrison
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Here’s that link to the frequently asked questions, rules and stuff for here http://astpfaq.tripod.com/astpfaq/
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"BaliKris" <balik…@aol.comzipspam> wrote in message
news:20011006173739.19806.00001367@mb-fc.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hey Shane… > > I have since realised that it is for people with (not suffering from) but > with PTSD.> > I’m a little confused, but if I read it right, you are saying that you thought > it was a board for PTSD counselors but you now realize it is for people with > PTSD. Right? Okay, proceeding on that assumption I’d like to kindly ask you if > you have PTSD, and if you do not, please realize that most of us have a support > system (psychiatrist and/or therapist) in place. I don’t know if you are a > professional, but there is a FAQ page for this newsgroup that asks people who > are professionals to, essentially, leave us alone. I don’t have the link, maybe > Rick can add it. Shane, if you have PTSD then this is a great place. If you > don’t have PTSD then a lot of us really don’t like it when someone says things > like "medications are a quck fix effect" to us because you’re a stranger.
Besides, many therapists and Pdocs tell us, at least me anyway, to think of my meds like insulin to a diabetic. It’s necessary in order to function on a daily basis. tiny dancer – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Please realize this isn’t meant to be attacking; however there is a strong > sentiment on the group for semi-pros and ot "observers" to keep their advice to > themselves. I guess your words suggesting taking pain meds w/meals aren’t as > inflammatory as the "quick fix" determination you said in your post. > Thanks, Kristine > If natural energy and impulses are too severely suppressed for too long, they > become violent. It’s natural for something that’s been held under pressure to > become violent in its release…Jim Morrison
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Shane, Thankyou for your suggestions. Oh yes I have done all that.I do meditate and I am in constant and consistent therapy.Average every 2 weeks.I am off pain medication as it was really messing me up.Pain in decreasing if I do not do much as in walk or stand for too much time. I have been getting massage and Reiki. I have found the bigger dose of benzo did not knock the palps on the head.I still have them 3 weeks later but not quite as frequently.I hate it. My psych thinks the sexual abuse issues are being triggered from my childhood. Helski
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